Illumination Night
Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman is a New Ed edition published by Vintage in 2002, featuring 200 pages in English. The story unfolds on Martha’s Vineyard, where Vonny lives with her husband Andre and son Simon. When their elderly neighbor Elizabeth falls from an upstairs window, her granddaughter Jody is called upon to care for her during recovery. This sets the stage for a narrative that explores themes of love, loneliness, and the complexities of human experience.
Readers will find a blend of the domestic and the mythic as the characters navigate their intertwined lives. The novel delves into the emotional landscapes of its characters, revealing the fragility of human connections and the grace found in everyday moments. With its focus on psychological depth and literary richness, Illumination Night invites exploration of the mysteries that lie within ordinary experiences.
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Vonny lives on the island of Martha’s Vineyard with her husband Andre and son Simon. Their neighbour Elizabeth, a woman in her seventies, falls from an upstairs window and her granddaughter Jody is summoned to nurse her through her convalescence.
The scene is set for a magical story of love and loneliness, of terror and human frailty, of the mystery and grace of ordinary experience. Alice Hoffman’s ability to fuse the domestic and the mythic in a narrative of such gentle yet magnetic force confirms her stature as one of the most gifted of American novelists.
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